Improvement in monuments



L. 3. MILLIMAN.

MONUMENT.

Patented Dec.,21 ,1f87`5.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

A VLEWISJ. MILLIMAN, OF WEST TROY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MoNuMENTs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,405, dated December21, 1875; application filed i September 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS J MILLIMAN, of West Troy, county of Albany,State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTombstones, Monuments, 85o., of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front elevation, andFig. 2 a vertical transverse section, ofmy im proved tombstone,monument, &c.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding` parts.

l The invention consists' of the combination, with a tombstone,monument, tablet, or other memorial stone, of a plate ot flashed glass,on

which the desired inscription or design is etched, cut, or otherwiseengraved.

In the drawing, A represents a tombstone, or monument, of marble,granite, brownstone, or any other kind ot' stone used for monumentalpurposes.

without appropriate ornamentation, is c'ut, engraved, or etched, so thatit appears with the stone as background in a tasteful and elegantmanner. `A great variety of designs may thus be furnished `for memorialpurposes at a cheaper rate, and the expensive carving or cutting` of theinscriptions on the stones in the usual way may, in many instances, bedone away with. t l

'I am aware that a tablet for tombs wherein two plates of glass arecemented together and connected to the stone, with the words and To thestone is cemented or otherwise `applied a plate, B, of dashed glass, ot'any desired size, shape, or color, on which the inscription or otherdesign, with or figures painted on the under side ofthe outer glassplate, is described in English lPn tent No. 12,075 of ,1848. I am alsoaware'that glass plates have been used for with the letters cut ormolded thereon; and

these I do not claim. I am also fully aware Vcemented to the tombstone',tablet, or monument.

A tombstone, tablet, or monument having a plate of glass withinscription painted or colored thereon, either in its outer or innerface, would not be indestructible; but with my invention theinscription, being cut or engraved on a plate of flashed glass, isvirtually indestructible,and is much cheaper and more fanciful andpleasing to the eye than a tourbstone or similar tablet having theletters pro duced thereon in the-usual manner.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim is Thecombination, with a tomb or other memorial stone, of the platel/ot'iiashed glass,

having a suitable inscription cut or otherwise engraved thereon,substantially as and for the purposes set forth. p LEWIS JOHN MILLIMANMlWitnesses: V GEORGE H. TAYLOR, F. E. THOMPSON.

the same purpose,

